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Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal

Volume 4

  • 1st Edition, Volume 4 - September 2, 2009
  • Authors: Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 2 5 6 - 0

'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a… Read more

Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal

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'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred postnatal care for mothers and their babies.

  • The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check
  • Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period
  • The features of the normal neonate
  • The newborn clinical examination
  • Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section
  • The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing
  • Postnatal fertility control
  • Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.